Parsnips

[237SJ]

I`m just about to roast some parsnips which I have cut lengthwise. I`ve always left the harder core bit in but I`ve been told I should remove it. What`s right?

[carmalee]

If you've enjoyed them in the past , leave the hard bit in -or be really daring and try taking it out just this once. Let us know which you prefer and why.

[wendilla]

I have never removed it and I have been roasting mine for years. Didn't know you had to but I am still here.

[237SJ]

Well, when I get to the pointed bit of the parsnip there would be nothing left if I took the core out. It`s more hastle as well so I`ll go for the lazy option I`ve always used and leave it. Thanks

[mike11111]

Much tastier boiled, I find. Only takes 5 minutes and softens the hard core up beautifully.

[carmalee]

like your thinking 237SJ - if it makes more work don't do it!

[Quizmonster]

My trusty kitchen 'bible', the Good Housekeeping Cookery Encyclopedia, reads, "Wash, peel off the rough skin and remove the hard centre core..." My mother also always did and so have I. If you quarter one lengthwise, the core is ridiculously easy to cut out.

[Jemisa]

Mmmmm! I've never heard of taking the middle out, I always do several little cuts along the core to allow them to cook better.

jem

[webbo3]

I never take the woody core out i just par-boil and chuck em in hot oil and then towards the end I add a drizzle of honey.

Dave.

[ummmm]

I do what Dave does....

[boxtops]

I've always taken the core out - it's only me who eats them in this house. I steam them day to day, but roasted is lovely - my sister roasted them at Christmas with an apricot stuffing along the place where the core would have been..